Samuel Drake (antiquary)
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Samuel Drake | |
|---|---|
| Rector of Treeton | |
| Appointed | 1728 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Baptised | 23 April 1688 |
| Died | 5 March 1753 (aged ~76) |
| Buried | St. Helen's Church, Treeton |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | St. John's College, Cambridge |
Samuel Drake (1687/8–1753) was an English Anglican clergyman and antiquary, and elder brother of Francis Drake. He proceeded M.A. at St. John's College, Cambridge, 1711, and D.D., 1724. He was rector of Treeton, Yorkshire, 1728–53, and vicar of Holme-on-Spalding Moor, 1733–53. He wrote on Christian ritual, and edited Bartholomew Clerke's Latin translation of Castiglione's Courtier, 1713.
Samuel Drake was born in Pontefract in 1687 or 1688,[1] although some older sources give the earlier date of c. 1686.[2] He was baptised on 23 April 1688, the son of Francis Drake, vicar of Pontefract, and elder brother of the historian Francis Drake.[1] His grandfather was Samuel Drake, the Anglican divine. He graduated at St. John's College, Cambridge: B.A. 1707, M.A. 1711, B.D. 1718, and D.D. 1724. In 1728 he became rector of Treeton, Yorkshire; and in 1733, by dispensation, he also held the vicarage of Holme-on-Spalding Moor. He died 5 March 1753, aged about sixty-seven years, and was buried in the church of Treeton. Drake has been confounded with his grandfather of the same name.[2]
